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Method and catheter for creating an interatrial aperture

US 11,957,374 In force
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Term ends May 17, 2036 · From the USPTO record

No current holder resolved from the recorded chain.
Filed Apr 13, 2021 as application 17/229,427 · Granted Apr 16, 2024
Base term plus 340 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2036
Clock starts
Jun 12, 2015
Term ends
May 17, 2036
Granted
Apr 16, 2024
base term patent term adjustment Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
340
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.

How we calculated this date

One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
Step Input Date after this step Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 12, 2015, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Apr 13, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jun 12, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+340 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 17, 2036High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 17, 2036From the USPTO record

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